International Ed Tech Guy

Have you ever struggled with a stubborn pdf?  PDF’s are great for maintaining the continuity or protecting docs.  However if you want to edit them you need a third party program or an Extension for a browser – check out DocHub!  This cool extension allows you to edit, sign, annotate and much more to any pdf.…

​ I try not to do this too often but sometimes a find a resource that is just too good not so share.  MakeTechEasier.com is an awesome website full of ways to overcome tech issues.  There are 3 simple tabs: How To’s, Courses and Cheatsheets.  All of them have easy to use resources.  The other cool…

Here are 2 resources for you.  If you want to check any doc, docx or pdf against another document checker than Turnitin.com try DOC Cop.  It performs a similar type of search.  It is free and easy to use.  Simply create an account using an email address. The second resource is plagiarism.org.  This is an amazing site…

I am always on the hunt for great images that are released for Creative Commons licensing for use.  Check out Pixabay.com.  It has a very large database of images, it is easily searchable by keyword.  Another cool feature is that it is also categorized for easy browsing.  It makes looking for those beautiful images for…

I had heard of this program but really did not check it out until an English teacher showed me.  (Thanks Rich!)  You can use the Hemingway editor site to evaluate your writing style.  It will give you great feedback and recommend changes simply by copying and pasting your text into the online editor.  There is…

​ ​ Recently it seems we have become overly surveyed.  This is likely the result of our constant need for proof or data.  None of these things by themselves is bad, however when we begin to receive a different survey every day it becomes a bit tiresome and we then get a syndrome called ‘survey…

  ​ Looking for the perfect image?  Want to make sure you cite it properly?  Look to either CreativeCommons or WikiMedia Commons.  Then just locate images that have ‘Some Rights Reserved’.  Then at WikiMedia select your usage method and copy/paste on or near the image’s final location.  At Creative Commons it is best to construct…

Love Word Clouds or Tagsedo?  Then you must check out Loupe Collage!  It is a simple free Extension for Chrome.  You can select where your folder of images comes from and then simply upload the selected images.  Finally select what type of final ‘collage’ you would like the pictures to show up in.  Really a…

With our refocusing on the importance of citation, sometimes if feels like we cannot find great images because they are watermarked.  NOT TRUE!  Check out the Google and LIFE (magazine) collaboration.  Here you can search an amazing database of LIFE Magazine photos by year.  Locate award winning photos that display, history, passion and strife all…